This is a method we use every year & it has proved to work very well in herd location for the last 30 years! This is of great importance when hunting heavily wooded timber where glassing is tough at best in heavy ground cover where Spot & Stalk conditions would be minimized! When you Bugle big you are representing yourself as a bull who has dominant features & this can attract cows. Cows are looking for bulls that are big & strong, in turn by breeding with these bulls they are assured strong healthy calves that can have a better than average chance to make it through harsh winter conditions.
Representing these types of bulls by us hunters can really trigger bugling action as other bulls will try to out bugle their competitors. Cows can recognize mature qualities just by a bulls bugle & this can attract lone cow groups or lesser bulls with established harems, their cows can show interest in this new bull. All we are interested in are locations during this calling sequence, we have no interest at calling them to us. Once we locate we then adapt to the situation & do what it takes to get that bull into bow-range!
This type of method is best used from the 10th on but can still work much earlier in the season. Have others here employed this tactic, if so what are your thoughts? Thanks!
ElkNut1
Representing these types of bulls by us hunters can really trigger bugling action as other bulls will try to out bugle their competitors. Cows can recognize mature qualities just by a bulls bugle & this can attract lone cow groups or lesser bulls with established harems, their cows can show interest in this new bull. All we are interested in are locations during this calling sequence, we have no interest at calling them to us. Once we locate we then adapt to the situation & do what it takes to get that bull into bow-range!
This type of method is best used from the 10th on but can still work much earlier in the season. Have others here employed this tactic, if so what are your thoughts? Thanks!
ElkNut1